BCLI forms project committee to review pension division under part 6 of the Family Law Act
February 21, 2019
BY Kevin Zakreski
The British Columbia Law Institute has formed a new project committee to assist it in carrying out its Pension Division Review Project. The committee will review part 6 of the Family Law Act, the Division of Pensions Regulation, and allied legislation and will help BCLI to form recommendations to reform the law.
The members of the project committee are:
| Colin Galinski—Chair Galinski Pension and Benefits Law Corp. |
Cynthia Callahan-Maureen BC Ministry of Finance |
| Stephen Cheng Westcoast Actuaries Inc. |
Stephanie Griffith Bilsland Griffith Benefit Administrators |
| Darryl Hrenyk BC Ministry of Attorney General |
Gail Johnson BC Financial Institutions Commission |
| Hon. Peter Leask, QC Peter Leask, QC, Barrister & Solicitor |
Margaret H. Mason, QC Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP |
| Beatrice C. McCutcheon Cook Roberts LLP |
Jacqueline G. McQueen Aaron Gordon Daykin Nordlinger LLP |
| Michael J. Peters BC Financial Institutions Commission |
This project allows BCLI to build on past work concerning pension division, including its 10-year review of earlier legislation and its educational resource on the current law, Questions and Answers About Pension Division on the Breakdown of a Relationship in British Columbia.
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“It has been just over five years since part 6 came into force,” noted committee chair Colin Galinski. “I’m pleased to be working with this expert committee to examine how part 6 is working in practice and to consider ways to improve it.”
Quick links
- media release no. 1—BCLI forms project committee to review pension division under part 6 of the Family Law Act
- backgrounder no. 1—introduction to the Pension Division Review Project
- backgrounder no. 2—members of the Pension Division Review Project Committee
- Pension Division Review Project webpage
